All organ builders
who worked in Paris before the revolution
Organ builders in the 17th and
early 18th century 2/2
Other organ builders in the 18th century
Guy Jolly ( ??-1664) and Pierre Cauchois (xxx-1667) were Parisian
organ builders in the 17th century. Cauchois was associated with
the brothers De Héman, as was Pierre Desenclos (xxxx-1668),
who learned his skills from Valéran De Héman and Nicolas
Pescheur. He was associated with François and Jean de Héman.
Guy Jolly worked on the organ at Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles.
The second generation of Parisian organ builders ended with the
death of Joly (1663), Thierry (1665), Cauchois (1667) and Désenclos
(1667), leaving the playground to other builders like Etienne Enocq
(pupil of Carlier and builder of the former organ of Saint Roch in
1671) and François Ducastel.
François Ducastel (??-1684) was a pupil of Valéran De Héman and
his son Hippolyte was associated with Alexandre Thierry. Francois
and Hippolyte Du Castel built the organ of Saint-Laurent (1685).
Jacques Carouge was another Parisian organ builder in this era
(pupil of Thierry, working on the organ of Notre-Dame), as was
Pierre-Francois Deslandes (1667-1709), who built, with his
compagnon Briel (??-1729), the organ at the Chapelle de l'hôpital
de la Salpêtrière (1709).
The third generation of Parisian organ builders ended with the death
of Thierry (1699), Ducastel (1700) and Henry Lesclop (1703?). The
playground in the next century would be dominated by Clicquot (next
to Lescop, Bessart and Ferrand).
Photo’s: St.Laurent, Salpetrière, Versailles